Pumpkin Ice Cream

Makes about 1 quart (1l)

Adapted from The Craft of Baking by Karen DeMasco & Mindy Fox
If usin canned pumpkin! make sure to "nd one t#at$s 1%%& pumpkin' (ften you$ll "nd cans of
Pumpkin Pie Filling! )#ic# usually #as spices and s)eetener already added'
*ress t#e mixture t#rou# a "ne mes# strainer before free+in! as directed' *umpkin can be
sli#tly rainy and strainin t#e custard is a ood idea to #elp smoot# it out'
1 1,- cups (./0 ml) )#ole milk
1 cup (-0% ml) #ea1y cream
1,. cup plus - tablespoons (20 ) ranulated suar
1 teaspoon fres#ly3rated iner
1,- teaspoon round cinnamon
1 cinnamon stick
1,- teaspoon fres#ly3round nutme
1,4 teaspoon kos#er salt
0 lare e yolks
1,4 cup packed (5% ) dark bro)n suar
1,- teaspoon 1anilla extract
optional6 - teaspoons 7rand Marnier! rum or brandy
.,4 cup (18% ) canned pumpkin puree (1%%& pure)! or #omemade (see directions in post)
1' Make an ice bat# by puttin some ice and a little )ater in a lare bo)l and nest a smaller
metal bo)l (one t#at )ill #old at least - quarts! -l) inside it' 9et a mes# strainer o1er t#e top'
-' In a medium saucepan mix t#e milk! cream! ranulated suar! iner! round cinnamon!
cinnamon stick! nutme! and salt'
.' :arm t#e mixture until #ot and t#e edes bein to bubble and foam'
4' :#isk t#e e yolks in a separate bo)l and radually )#isk in about #alf of t#e )arm spiced
milk mixture! stirrin constantly'
0' 9crape t#e )armed yolks back in to t#e saucepan and cook o1er lo) #eat! stirrin
constantly and scrapin t#e bottom )it# a #eatproof spatula! until t#e mixture t#ickens and
coats t#e spatula' If usin an instant3read t#ermometer! it s#ould read bet)een 15%;31/%;F
(/1;3/5;<)'
5' Immediately pour t#e mixture t#rou# t#e strainer into t#e bo)l nested in t#e ice bat#' Mix
in t#e bro)n suar! t#en stir until cool! t#en c#ill t#orou#ly! preferably o1erni#t'
/' :#isk in t#e 1anilla! liquor (if usin)! and pumpkin puree' *ress t#e mixture t#rou# a "ne3
mes# strainer! t#en free+e in your ice cream maker accordin to t#e manufacturer$s
instructions'
Variations6 9tir in 1 to 1 1,- cups (-0% = .-% ) )#ite or milk c#ocolate c#ips! crus#ed
caramel! c#opped up 9kor or Daim (to>ee) bars! or c#opped toasted pecans or )alnuts' A bit
of c#opped candied iner )ould be nice! too'
?efto1er bits of crumbled inersnaps or inerbread! or e1en toasted bits of bro)n bread or
inerbread could also be folded in! or crumbled on top for ser1in! )#ic# )as suested in
t#e book'